Melissa Crouch

I am a Lecturer at the Law Faculty, the University of New South Wales, Sydney. I have previously held postdoctoral positions at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, Law Faculty, the National University of Singapore; the International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden; and the Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne. My PhD was published as a book: 'Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the Courts in West Java' (Routledge 2014). I am the co-editor of 'Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar' (Hart Publishing, 2014, with Tim Lindsey). I am also the editor of a forthcoming volume on 'Islam and the State in Myanmar: Muslim-Buddhist Relations and the Politics of Belonging'. I have taught in the areas of administrative law, comparative administrative law, Myanmar law, Indonesian law, and Islamic law.

Experience

2014–present

Lecturer, Law Faculty, University of New South Wales

2013–2014

Research Fellow, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore

2012–2013

Postdoctoral Fellow, Law Faculty, National University of Singapore

2011–2012

Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

Education

2012

University of Melbourne, PhD, Law

2007

University of Melbourne, BA/LLB

Publications

2014

Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar, Hart Publishing

2014

Rediscovering Law in Myanmar: A Review of Scholarship on Myanmar Law, Pacific Rim Law and Policy Review

2014

Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the Courts in West Java, Routledge

2013

Asian Legal Transplants and Lessons on the Rule of Law: National Human Rights Commissions in Indonesia and Myanmar, Hague Journal of the Rule of Law

2013

Shifting Conceptions of State Regulation of Religion: The Indonesian Draft Law on Inter-religious Harmony, Global Change, Peace and Security

2013

Trials of People Smugglers in Indonesia: 2007-2012, Policy Paper, University of Melbourne

2012

Judicial Review and Religious Freedom: The Case of Indonesian Ahmadis, Sydney Law Review

2012

Law and Religion in Indonesia: The Constitutional Court and the Blasphemy Law, Asian Journal of Comparative Law

2011

Cause Lawyering, the Legal Profession and the Courts in Indonesia: The Bar Association Controversy, LawASIA

2010

Implementing the Regulation on Places of Worship in Indonesia: New Problems, Local Politics and Court Action, Asian Studies Review

2009

Indonesia, Militant Islam and Ahmadiyah: Origins and Implications, Policy Paper, University of Melbourne